All right ya bunch of Rough Necks. Here is the rest of the story.
I ws not really raking leaves per say, I offered my neighbors the use of my truck so they could haul their leaves back to the village dump. After the truck was full I went over to drive it back and help empty it. They climbed in on the tail gate side and I was climbing over on the drivers side at the tire. Half way up I felt a big pop in my foot. I thought I pulled a tendon or the like. Hurt like heck. I sat for a second then got up and helped kick the leaves out.
Jumped off the tail gate and drove home. After about 20 minutes my leg was throbbing pretty bad so I took a couple aspirin, then drove over to Willy MacDonald's sons house place to pick up some stuff. By now it was really hurting.
My wife came home about an hour later, looked at it and decided I needed to get it looked at. Got to the med center, got it x-rayed, got to listen to people outside the door saying stuff like WOW and HOLY CRAP.....
Turns out, the smaller of the two leg bones is fractured and splintered above the ankle. Much more walking and it becomes a compound (They suck by the way). Temp cast is on, no weight bearing (yeah right), waiting for the Ortho Doc to call. Hopefully it won't need surgery.
Last kick in the pants is 15 minutes after we got home last night the phone rings, it's the Doc, from the med. center. he says after we left he had some more people come over and take a look at the x-ray, turns out I fractured a bone in my right foot as well.
On the bright side, I have an old wheel chair a got dumpster diving. I planed on using the wheels for a decoy cart. I figure some camo burlap over the top and I'm good to wheel myself to a deer blind. or to the edge of a pond by the house. Might not see much but, it's the getting out that counts.
Now you can all stop pretending to play little violins and go about your business.
B
